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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Chloe's Irony, Final Round

Take Chloe's irony and give it straight back, in the third person, and hear the one word that admits a hit.

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THE STORY

Chloe at the market, the nickname she has used for seven years, and the day it stops working.

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Tiens, la Française. On ne te voit plus.tya(n), lah frah(n)-sehz, oh(n) nuh tuh vwah PLEWWell, the Frenchwoman. We don't see you any more. To a friend.
La Française.lah frah(n)-SEHZThe Frenchwoman.
La Française a une école, un mari et un toit à refaire.lah frah(n)-sehz ah ewn ay-kol, a(n) mah-ree ay a(n) twah ah ruh-FEHRThe Frenchwoman has a school, a husband and a roof to redo.
Tu réponds à la troisième personne, maintenant ?tew ray-poh(n) ah lah trwah-zyehm pehr-son, ma(n)t-NAH(N)You answer in the third person now? To a friend.
J'ai appris avec la meilleure.zhay ah-pree ah-vehk lah meh-YUHRI learnt from the best. About a woman.
Touchée.too-SHAYTouche. A woman speaking.
Tu vois, l'ironie, c'est la dernière chose qu'on apprend.tew vwah, lee-roh-nee, seh lah dehr-nyehr shohz koh(n) nah-PRAH(N)You see, irony is the last thing one learns. To a friend.
C'est la dernière chose qu'on apprend.seh lah dehr-nyehr shohz koh(n) nah-PRAH(N)It's the last thing one learns.
Et la première qu'on oublie, avec l'âge.ay lah pruh-myehr koh(n) noo-blee, ah-vehk LAHZHAnd the first one forgets, with age.
Tu parles pour toi ?tew pahrl poor TWAHAre you speaking for yourself? To a friend.

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